Atlantic News

Teams skipped by James Grattan and Aaron Bartling will compete in the Canadian men's curling championship after winning their provincial and territorial finals Sunday.

Canada’s famous prognosticating rodents were split over spring’s arrival on Groundhog Day. Ontario’s Wiarton Willie reportedly did not see his shadow on Sunday morning, which is good news for people tired of wintry weather.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Concerns over a lack of parking that led councillors in St. John's, N.L., to axe a proposal for affordable housing last week are part of a larger trend that is halting much-needed development across the country, experts say.

FREDERICTON — It's a small step toward saving an endangered species but a big leap for a little bird. Sixteen piping plover chicks survived in 2024 in the Kouchibouguac National Park on the east coast of New Brunswick.

TORONTO — Toronto Sceptres captain Blayre Turnbull and her rookie teammate Julia Gosling picked a good time for breakthrough performances.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste says his decision to drop out of the federal Liberal leadership race was partly motivated by a lack of money.

HALIFAX — A Halifax-area youth has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death last year of a 16-year-old high school student who was stabbed in a parking garage.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia RCMP officer has been charged with assault and placed on administrative duties. The province's police watchdog says the officer assaulted a woman he knows while he was off-duty on Dec. 20.

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland is calling on the federal NDP to give the Liberal government more time in power to sign bilateral deals on pharmacare. "I would put it back to (NDP Leader) Jagmeet Singh ...

FREDERICTON — Premier Susan Holt warned that New Brunswick faces "serious headwinds" if the United States imposes tariffs but promised to hold the line and meet the targets her government has set out for itself.